Putin calls for a new world order

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin and his Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner have called for a multipolar world order as Moscow sought to boost ties with Latin America amid heightened East-West tensions.

The Russian leader is on a six-day Latin American tour seeking to increase Moscow’s influence in the region at a time when the Ukraine crisis has eroded East-West relations to their lowest point since the Cold War.

His itinerary includes meetings with a string of leftist leaders critical of the US and a summit of the BRICS group of emerging countries, an agenda that neatly aligns with his push for a world less dominated by the West.